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EA will take the lid off of its upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship title later today, and it might be alongside Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox reveal. Polygon reports the EA Sports posted an image (pictured) on Twitter and Facebook announcing May 21st as a notable date for more info on the unannounced …
Read More »Watch Microsoft reveal the new Xbox console tonight – live stream links here
Microsoft will put months of rumours and speculation to rest with the reveal of its new Xbox console tonight. The reveal will take place on-campus at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters, and as described by the IEB division’s chief of staff Aaron Greenberg, it will lay the foundation for the new Xbox …
Read More »VIDEO: Dyack launches scathing counter-attack on the press
Denis Dyack is fighting back. The controversial developer and former head of Silicon Knights has launched a counter-attack against the allegations made against it in the press. It all stems back to an article printed on Kotaku in October of last year. In it both Silicon knights and Dyack himself …
Read More »Microsoft: Console still accounts for 42% of the total video games market
With Microsoft and Sony about the throw millions and millions of pounds at launching their next-gen consoles, some observers may quite rightly ask one question – why? After all, mobile and casual games are the new frontier, right? Folk don’t want to spend 50 on triple-A games, let alone anything …
Read More »Report: Assassin’s Creed film dated for May 2015
20th Centry Fox has announced a premiere date for the Assassin’s Creed film. The movie is set to release on May 22nd in 2015, according to a Box Office Mojo report. New Regency will be handling production, and Michael Fassbender – of Prometheus and Inglorious Bastards fame – is onboard …
Read More »Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance confirmed for PC
Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima has announced that Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is headed to the PC. Kojima made the announcement on the Hideradio podcast, published on the Hideoblog. Platinum Games creative producer JP Kellams then confirmed the news on Twitter. The hack-n-slash spin-off was released on Xbox 360 …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: GAME’s Cooper joins Turtle Beach
InMCV’s weekly roundup of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Turtle Beach hires a new account manager and we look at the best vacancies. Turtle Beach hires Game’s CooperMark Cooper has joined Turtle Beach Europe as the firm’s new senior UK account manager.Cooper has prior experience in the …
Read More »OPINION: Losing EA support is disappointing, but not a killer blow for Wii U
EA’s decision to hold fire on Wii U development is the biggest indication yet to how poor the console’s launch has been. Performing well below expectations, with no momentum whatsoever, there’s no reason why any third party company should produce titles for this machine (unless of course Nintendo happens to …
Read More »Final Fantasy VIII and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance coming to PC
Two big titles from the Japanese games development scene are being converted for PC. In separate announcements Square Enix revealed that 1998 release Final Fantasy VIII is to get an HD rework and re-release on PC. The same happened with its popular predecessor Final Fantasy VII last year. Perhaps more …
Read More »Sumo brings student dev classes to Games Britannia
Aspiring developers offered chance to get to grips with tools and tech at Sheffield Hallam University
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